1 00:00:15,036 --> 00:00:31,876 Speaker 1: Pushkin. Hi, I'm Dan Leone. You probably don't know my voice, 2 00:00:32,076 --> 00:00:35,596 Speaker 1: but listeners of Lost Hills will know my music. I 3 00:00:35,636 --> 00:00:38,076 Speaker 1: was a composer and sound designer for the first two 4 00:00:38,116 --> 00:00:41,396 Speaker 1: seasons of Lost Hills, and I'm hosting a new show 5 00:00:41,756 --> 00:00:43,396 Speaker 1: that I wanted to tell you about because I think 6 00:00:43,436 --> 00:00:47,476 Speaker 1: you're gonna like it. It's called Ripple. In the same 7 00:00:47,556 --> 00:00:50,916 Speaker 1: way that Lost Hills shows you the hidden underbelly of Malibu, 8 00:00:51,596 --> 00:00:56,076 Speaker 1: Ripple shows you the unknown ramifications of major news stories 9 00:00:56,596 --> 00:00:59,876 Speaker 1: that we all thought we knew. In the first season, 10 00:01:00,196 --> 00:01:03,596 Speaker 1: I travel hundreds of miles across the Gulf Coast, talking 11 00:01:03,596 --> 00:01:08,236 Speaker 1: to coastal residents and learning the unexpected long term consequences 12 00:01:08,596 --> 00:01:13,356 Speaker 1: of the just environmental disaster in American history. So I 13 00:01:13,396 --> 00:01:16,276 Speaker 1: hope you'll subscribe to Ripple. And here's a preview of 14 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:24,836 Speaker 1: the series. Do you remember the BP oil spill? It 15 00:01:24,876 --> 00:01:28,676 Speaker 1: happened on the Gulf Coast back in twenty ten. A 16 00:01:28,716 --> 00:01:33,716 Speaker 1: massive oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana. The 17 00:01:33,796 --> 00:01:36,596 Speaker 1: resulting spill was the leading story in the nation for 18 00:01:36,676 --> 00:01:40,396 Speaker 1: the entire summer of twenty ten, as waves of crude 19 00:01:40,396 --> 00:01:43,276 Speaker 1: oil crashed into coastal beaches. 20 00:01:44,036 --> 00:01:46,876 Speaker 2: It was panic because there's never been a leak this 21 00:01:47,076 --> 00:01:50,716 Speaker 2: size stopping it has tested the limits of human technology. 22 00:01:50,876 --> 00:01:52,036 Speaker 1: I got really scared. 23 00:01:52,316 --> 00:01:54,956 Speaker 3: I know what everyone was thinking, is like, how on Earth? 24 00:01:55,036 --> 00:01:57,796 Speaker 3: But again it stopped this. I just think, I don't 25 00:01:57,796 --> 00:01:58,916 Speaker 3: think it's going to have an inn. 26 00:01:59,676 --> 00:02:03,716 Speaker 1: But it did end. Government officials reported that the leak 27 00:02:03,996 --> 00:02:07,236 Speaker 1: was plugged, that the beaches were cleaned, and the coast 28 00:02:07,596 --> 00:02:11,516 Speaker 1: was safe. They declared the Gulf open for business and 29 00:02:11,596 --> 00:02:15,116 Speaker 1: promised severe consequences for those responsible. 30 00:02:15,676 --> 00:02:20,796 Speaker 2: BP has agreed to plead guilty to all fourteen criminal charges. 31 00:02:21,116 --> 00:02:25,276 Speaker 2: The company has also agreed to pay four billion dollars 32 00:02:25,316 --> 00:02:27,876 Speaker 2: in fines and in penalties. 33 00:02:28,996 --> 00:02:32,716 Speaker 1: And for most of America, that was the end of 34 00:02:32,796 --> 00:02:36,716 Speaker 1: the BP oil spill. It wasn't pretty, but a worst 35 00:02:36,716 --> 00:02:46,876 Speaker 1: case scenario was mostly avoided. The golf eventually recovered. That's 36 00:02:46,876 --> 00:02:50,476 Speaker 1: the story I remembered. But a couple of years ago 37 00:02:50,516 --> 00:02:55,036 Speaker 1: I started wondering, how did the largest oil spill in 38 00:02:55,116 --> 00:02:59,116 Speaker 1: American history get cleaned up in just a few months. 39 00:03:00,276 --> 00:03:03,156 Speaker 1: So I drove to the Gulf coast to talk to 40 00:03:03,196 --> 00:03:06,716 Speaker 1: the people who lived through the oil spill. And if 41 00:03:06,716 --> 00:03:09,636 Speaker 1: you ask a lot of people on the Gulf, they'll 42 00:03:09,636 --> 00:03:13,476 Speaker 1: tell you a very different version of the BP oil 43 00:03:13,556 --> 00:03:14,636 Speaker 1: spell story. 44 00:03:15,676 --> 00:03:18,836 Speaker 2: There's dead fish, dead wildlife on my beach in front 45 00:03:18,836 --> 00:03:21,236 Speaker 2: of my condo, and they're telling us that everything's great. 46 00:03:21,396 --> 00:03:24,596 Speaker 3: I said, what they weren't attending to the workers that 47 00:03:24,636 --> 00:03:25,596 Speaker 3: they were engaging. 48 00:03:25,716 --> 00:03:28,396 Speaker 2: They just left us. We were all lied to. They 49 00:03:28,396 --> 00:03:32,236 Speaker 2: were sampling key chemicals that are known to be toxic 50 00:03:32,316 --> 00:03:32,916 Speaker 2: to human help. 51 00:03:33,076 --> 00:03:35,596 Speaker 3: That's when a dizzy spells started to get really intense. Well, 52 00:03:35,676 --> 00:03:37,356 Speaker 3: it felt like I was going to faint to pass out. 53 00:03:37,396 --> 00:03:38,876 Speaker 2: Blood was coming out of my nose. 54 00:03:39,076 --> 00:03:40,756 Speaker 1: I have blood coming out of my ears. 55 00:03:41,436 --> 00:03:43,996 Speaker 2: I was bleeding from everywhere. 56 00:03:44,036 --> 00:03:46,476 Speaker 3: And it's still not right. Is definitely not over. It's 57 00:03:46,516 --> 00:03:48,676 Speaker 3: still not right. They don't want to admit that people 58 00:03:48,716 --> 00:03:49,716 Speaker 3: get fucked up from this. 59 00:03:49,956 --> 00:03:53,076 Speaker 2: It's the most severe public health and safety threat that. 60 00:03:53,076 --> 00:03:56,596 Speaker 1: I've encountered in over four decades of working with Western Flowers. 61 00:03:58,476 --> 00:04:03,556 Speaker 1: I'm Dan Leone from Western Sound and APM Studios. Comes 62 00:04:03,596 --> 00:04:07,516 Speaker 1: a new series investigating the stories that we were told 63 00:04:08,076 --> 00:04:15,756 Speaker 1: were over. Ripple available now wherever you listen to podcasts.